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 Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/04/19 12:34 PM
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Texas Dan
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It seems no matter how long you live, you always seem to learn something new during each Opening Weekend.
Five things I learned this past weekend...
1. McDonald's makes great hot chocolate that tastes great from your thermos.
2. At 60, I can't climb into and out of a ladder stand or a tripod near as easily as I could 20 years ago.
3. If you may find you put up your ground blind just a few feet from where hogs like to bed.
4. Rechargeable cap lights from Academy work great
5. The sounds of buzzards flapping their wings as they feed on a nearby dead cow carcass on a neighbor's property can rub on your ears.
Last edited by Texas Dan; 11/04/19 12:35 PM.
"When the debate is lost, insults become the tool of the loser."
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: Texas Dan]
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11/04/19 12:42 PM
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snake oil
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Don't leave the toilet paper in the truck. 
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/04/19 12:55 PM
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flintknapper
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Don't leave the toilet paper in the truck. That's why you wear socks. 
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: Texas Dan]
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11/04/19 07:24 PM
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Dave Davidson
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Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: Texas Dan]
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11/04/19 07:36 PM
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HornSlayer
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Don’t hunt with BTHP match ammo
They make ammo specifically for hunting for a reason! 
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: Texas Dan]
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11/04/19 08:22 PM
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txtrophy85
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That if you start hunting earlier then missing opening day doesent bother you
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/04/19 09:28 PM
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titan2232
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That if you start hunting earlier then missing opening day doesent bother you This Some call it an unfair advantage 
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: Texas Dan]
#7652006
11/04/19 09:30 PM
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It's hard to see deer from behind closed eyelids.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/04/19 10:29 PM
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txtrophy85
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That if you start hunting earlier then missing opening day doesent bother you This Some call it an unfair advantage Since 2012 My hunting season has started anywhere from Mid August- Early September, with my elk hunts taking place in Mid October. This year we started the last few day of July. Kinda metes it out better so I’m not having a conniption fit waiting on opening day of deer season
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: Texas Dan]
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11/05/19 02:50 AM
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Tinks 69 sprayed to the eyes hurts
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/05/19 11:49 AM
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I used to think tower blinds with handrails on the stairs were silly, but now that I’m older, I think they’re a necessity.
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/05/19 01:19 PM
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Texas Dan
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I used to think tower blinds with handrails on the stairs were silly, but now that I’m older, I think they’re a necessity. A old friend liked to say that getting old was just a matter of inconvenience.
"When the debate is lost, insults become the tool of the loser."
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: Texas Dan]
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11/05/19 01:32 PM
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flintknapper
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I used to think tower blinds with handrails on the stairs were silly, but now that I’m older, I think they’re a necessity. A old friend liked to say that getting old was just a matter of inconvenience.^^^^^ Yes, to a certain point, after that....it's not for Sissy's.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/05/19 01:49 PM
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TKandMike
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had a buddy shoot his first buck, afterwards he said "buck fever is real!!!!"
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/05/19 02:51 PM
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Things I learned opening day.
I remembered why I gave up on deer leases and hunted in Africa, Alaska and western states at one time. I may go back to that. Where I am hunting this year, more hunters than deer.
On the good side I get to watch my food plots grow !!!
Thanks, Billy
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/05/19 03:30 PM
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Tinks 69 sprayed to the eyes hurts It don't taste good either . I sprayed some while I had my thick gloves on, and a few minutes later I needed my gloves off, so I bit the ends of the fingers to help pull them off, and got to my. Index finger,, YUCK.  
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/05/19 04:52 PM
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When you say hurry to a 14 year old, they move slower.
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
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11/05/19 11:13 PM
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After 35 years of hunting, you can still get way to excited and have your scope pop you in the eye from an improper mount.
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: flintknapper]
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11/06/19 12:45 AM
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Don't leave the toilet paper in the truck. That's why you wear socks. Hahahahaha
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Re: Things I learned Opening Weekend
[Re: Texas Dan]
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11/06/19 07:24 PM
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things never go as planned, shot two yotes opening morning (7:30 and 9am). No wonder why i wasn't seeing many deer on my game cams
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